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Phipps, Dorchester ; William Kenrick, Newton ; T. H. Perkins, 

 Brookline ; J. W. Russell, Mount Auburn ; Messrs. Hovey, Cam- 

 bridgeport ; Thomas Mason, Charlestown ; William Leathe, Cam- 

 bridgeport ; and John Kenrick, Newton. Flowers, in quantity 

 for decorating the Hall, were also furnished by the above gentle- 

 men. Some of the wreaths were from the Society's garden, 

 Mount Auburn. 



The Committee hope they have not omitted any plants, but 

 have given as accurate an account, from the haste in which the 

 exhibition was got up, as possible. 



All which is respectfully submitted, 



CHARLES M. HOVEY, Chairman. 



Sept. 30, 1834. 



REPORT 



Of the Garden and Cemetery Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, at a meeting held on Saturday, September 17, 1834. 



The Garden and Cemetery Committee of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, beg leave to submit the following Annual 

 Report, for the consideration of the Society : — 



The Committee congratulate the Society upon the continued 

 improvement of the Garden and Cemetery, and the additional 

 favor and encouragement, which the design has received from 

 the public. Before proceeding, however, to any particulars re- 

 specting this subject, they feel it their duty to make a few remarks, 

 in order to correct some erroneous notions, which pervade certain 

 portions of the community, relative to the nature and objects of 

 the establishment. It is by no means uncommon to find persons 

 impressed with the belief, that the establishment is a private spec- 

 ulation for the private benefit of the members of the Society, or 

 of the individuals, who originally advanced the money to purchase 

 the grounds for the garden and cemetery, and that considerable 

 profits have been already realized from it. This notion is utterly 

 unfounded. The Cemetery is, in the truest and noblest sense, a 

 public institution, that is, an institution of which the whole com- 

 munity may obtain the benefit upon easy and equal terms. No 

 individual has any private interest in the establishment beyond 

 what he acquires as the proprietor of a lot in the Cemetery ; and 

 every man in the community may become a proprietor upon pay- 

 ing the usual sum fixed for the purchase of a lot. The whole 

 grounds are held by the Horticultural Society in trust for the 

 purposes of a Garden and Cemetery ; and no member thereof as 

 such has any private interest therein, except as a corporator, or 

 proprietor of a lot. The whole funds which have been already 

 realized by the sale of lots have been devoted to paying the price 



